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34.) 21st May 1934. After a misty night clear at 10 AM & sunny almost all day, very warm & soft, but very strong S.W. wind which made collecting difficult & kept insects shy. Left Duncannon, WX at 10.30 & drove via New Ross, Enniscorthy & Newtownbarry to Kilcarry Bridge, Co. Carlow, where arrived at 12.30 & stayed till 3.30 P.M. Then drove, via Tallow & Baltingham, to Raheen, Co. WI., where stopped for half an hour 5.0 till 5.30. Then home via Dunlavin & Naas. [[line]] N. of Dunbrody, Co. WX, George caught a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Dolerus haematodes [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] in car at 11AM. 21.5.34 cont. [[line]] Glen of the Glashaveigh, Kilcarry Bridge, Co. CW. 12.30 till 3.30 PM. [[underlined]] Bombus agrorum, muscorum, derhamellus [[/underlined]] (1) & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] (1) [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Vespa [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen! [[underlined]] Crabro chrysostomus [[/underlined]] 1 almost black [[male symbol]] just inside gate from road. [[underlined]] Andrena praecox [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen on Salix ([[male symbol]]) still in flower. [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] subspaca [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] common on same willow. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] calceatus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen on path. [[end page]] [[start page]] (35. 21.5.34 cont. Kilcarry Bridge, CW., cont. [[underlined]] Lasius fuliginosus [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] abundant at same old stump & 30 yards further up glen on edge of road (Halbert), but the birch in which the Goat Moth "pub" situated had been blown down, across road, & sawn off several years ago & was tenanted by large colony of [[underlined]] Lasius flavus [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Myrmica [[/underlined]], none seen on path where [[underlined]] M. schencki [[/underlined] and to be & place much over grown with Gorse. [[underlined]] Allantus carpini [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Empria [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Athalia cordata [[/underlined]] (1st seen 1934!) 1 [[female symbol]], many seen in marsh. [[underlined]] Blennocampa affinis [[/underlined]] ([[checkmark]] RCLP.) 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Euura [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Schizocera geminata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on road near where [[underlined]] L. fuliginosus [[/underlined]] nest is. Large black & red white banded antenna, Ichneumon, just below bridge by Slaney. = [[underlined]] Ctenichneumon divisorius [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Centeterus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Cryptid [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Pimpla flavicoxis [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Asthenara crassifemur [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]], AWS 1961. [[underlined]] Plectiscus [[/underlined]]? 2 [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[male symobl]] cf another larger Plectiscid [[underlined]] Homocideus cinetus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] ^ 3 [[/insertion]] [[2 male symbols]] } [[underlined]] Promethes laticarpus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] ^ 5 [[/insertion]] [[2 male symbols]]. } [[side note applying to above two species]] taken with sucker just inside gate & in marsh respectively. [[/side note]] " [[Ditto for: Promethes]] [[underlined]] cognatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] Campoplex 1. Campoplegid [[male symbol]].
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Checked species and localities. -@siobhanleachman
Picked up a couple of minor errors that I've corrected -@siobhanleachman